What is the easiest and most noob friendly way of accessing files from a different computer in your house, assuming you know the username and password since its your own computer BUT you have not set up any special user permissions yet?

If not, what is the easiest and fastest way to set up those permissions so I can browse my desktop from my laptop over wifi router?

I want to be able to watch movies on my tv, using my laptop and HDMI cable, streaming from my desktop in the other room....but I want to do it all from the laptop, not from the desktop.

There are a number of options but let's try the easiest one first and see if it works for you. It's called Samba and it works fairly well although it does require a willing network configuration. The easiest way to create a samba share is as follows:

Open NautilusRight click a folder you own say ... DocumentsSelect "Sharing Options"At this point if you don't have Samba installed it will ask you if you want to install it ( it may call it "Windows Networking") - you do.Select "Share this folder", "Allow others to create and delete..", "Guest Access".Select "Create Share"It will ask you if you want it to modify permissions - you do.

You just created a Samba share - a "Samba Usershare" to be exact.

After a day of heavy binge drinking our Ubuntu overlords decided that along with the samba package itself it would be funny if another package called libpam-smbpass would also be installed when samba is installed. After a reboot ( yep a reboot - stay away from alcohol kids ) , libpam-smbpass automatically creates a samba password for every login user on your Mint box that matches their login password. So If you create a share in nautilus that does not allow guest access you can access it remotely by using the Mint users' login name and password.

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Service type: sshServer: ip address of serverFolder: exact path to folder ( like /home/username/Documents )If you want access to the whole machine don't enter any pathUser Name: user name on the server

When you get an error message Select: "Log In Anyway"

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Yeah, on THIS drive its only media. I dont care if strangers watch my movies even. My work is elsewhere. Im not worried about security, at least through local LAN, as long as the other drives are not at considerable risk. I want it to be easy as possible to access from any computer.

Anyway, it said that there was a pathway error or something like that. I lost the error.

Ill try this.

The overheating problem is a problem. My Toshiba was fine, the acer shuts down from heat, and my desktop fans are working overtime. Performance is great though :/